city on the tv screen. it brings you right back to everything that you experienced yourself, you know, and as much as it gets you down, i have no choice but to put it towards motivation to keep doing this, to keep having this conversation, to keep bringing new people into this conversation with the belief that we are better than this. i don't know what else to say. >> collin goddard, well, it clearly motivated you to take a big turn in your life. kristen welker at the white house, we understand from governor malloy's aide that the president did call the governor with condolences. >> he did. that's right. president obama spoke with governor malloy and offered his condolences. he also spoke with fbi director mueller. he was notified about this tragic ens dent at 10:30 this morning by his national security advisor john brennan. he has been monitoring this situation all morning, all afternoon. he is continuing to get updates. the white house right now really reserving really the information about how he respond